[§346-436]  State of well-being project; established.  [Section effective July 1, 2025.]  (a)  There is established within the office the state of well-being project to assess and enhance tier 1 and tier 2 mental health support services for key stakeholder communities across the State.  The project shall:

     (1)  Assess and enhance existing tier 1 and tier 2 mental health support training and ongoing support services to public schools, public community centers, first responder groups, police departments, fire departments, hospitals, and medical staff and, when non-existent, build out culturally grounded and community-informed well-being programming;

     (2)  Track and measure aggregate mental health trends across all populations served by the project; and

     (3)  Hire and train mental health specialists and work with approved partner organizations identified by the office to lead project execution across tier 1 and tier 2 mental health support services in each key stakeholder community.

     (b)  The office shall administer the state of well-being project in accordance with the following timeline:

     (1)  Beginning in 2024, initiate a landscape assessment of existing tier 1 and tier 2 mental health support services by December 31, 2025; and

     (2)  Beginning in 2025, initiate the enhancement of existing tier 1 and tier 2 mental health support services and, when non-existent, build out culturally grounded and community-informed well-being programming, with statewide implementation to be achieved by December 31, 2027.

     (c)  For the purposes of this section:

     "Tier 1 mental health support" means well-being service provisions that are aimed at the entire system and population within an organization.

     "Tier 2 mental health support" means well-being service provisions that are aimed at populations within an organization that are at higher risk of mental health challenges. [L 2024, c 106, §3]